Citizens Bank & Phillies Launch 2017 Phans Feeding Families program

Citizens Bank and the Philadelphia Phillies, along with Phillies coach Mickey Morandini and Phillies sponsors, today announced the 2017 Phans Feeding Families program. As part of the program, Citizens Bank presented a check for $40,000 to Philabundance, the region's largest hunger relief organization. Now in its eighth year, the initiative will raise money and collect food to feed those who are at risk of hunger.
"Thanks to Citizen Bank and the Phillies, Philabundance is able to help feed more of our neighbors in need through the Phans Feeding Families partnership," said Glenn Bergman, Executive Director of Philabundance. "This generous donation of $40,000 will go a long way to make summer more fun for the 300,000 children in our area who lose their school meals during the break. We're truly grateful for the generous donation, which will provide 80,000 meals for Delaware Valley children who face hunger year round."
To support Philabundance and the 2017 Phans Feeding Families campaign, fans can:
 
Complete program details are available at phillies.com/feedingfamilies. Fans may also help with the cause by following @Phillies on Twitter, using #PhansFeed.
To lead off the program, Citizens Bank has contributed $40,000 in support of Philabundance, the region's largest hunger relief organization and Phans Feeding Families beneficiary. The Citizens Bank grant will provide the first 80,000 meals to the 2017 Phans Feeding Families campaign.
Since the initiative began in 2011, Phans Feeding Families has generated almost $400,00 for the cause. To date, with fan support, more than 850,000 meals have been provided to families in need.
"We are proud to once again partner with our friends at the Phillies to make an impact on the region's hunger problem by raising money and collecting food for our neighbors in the Delaware Valley," said Daniel K. Fitzpatrick, President, Citizens Bank, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. "Phans Feeding Families has been a tremendous success over the past few years, helping Philabundance and other local hunger relief programs provide food for families during the summer months."
In addition to Citizens Bank, several Phillies sponsors and advertisers support hunger relief efforts and will participate in the 2017 campaign. They include: Aramark, Goya Foods, Hatfield, SEPTA, ShopRite, Sunoco and Toyota.
"There are far too many families in our community who are at risk for hunger," said Dave Buck, Phillies Senior Vice President, Marketing & Advertising Sales. "On June 14, during Phans Feeding Families Day at Citizens Bank Park, we look forward to once again joining our fans and corporate partners in making a difference and providing hunger relief to those in need."
About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation's oldest and largest financial institutions, with $150.3 billion in assets as of March 31, 2017. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. In Consumer Banking, Citizens helps its retail customers "bank better" with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Citizens also provides wealth management, mortgage lending, auto lending, student lending and commercial banking services in select markets nationwide. In Commercial Banking, Citizens offers corporate, institutional and not-for-profit clients a full range of wholesale banking products and services including lending and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and interest hedging, leasing and asset finance, specialty finance and trade finance.
Citizens operates through its subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A., and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Citizens Bank, Citizens Commercial Banking and Citizens One. Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and services can be found at www.citizensbank.com.
About Philabundance
Philabundance is the Delaware Valley's largest hunger relief organization, serving more than 90,000 people each week in nine counties in PA and Southern NJ. Of those served, 30 percent are children, 16 percent are seniors, and adults served include students, the working poor and single parents. In 2016, Philabundance rescued more than 10 million pounds of food and distributed 23 million pounds through its own distribution programs, and a network of 350 agencies. A one dollar donation provides two meals - Give now or learn more at Philabundance.org.